The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-09

The Barnes correspondent Of the
Warren Mail says, "The old oil wells
show signs of exhaustion, but still
yield a good production in the aggre
gate. There is plenty of good terri.
tory hereabouts which is only waiting
dollar oil to be drilled. The shut.
down movement will have the effect of
tanking some of our grease in the
ground at least for time"
Mrs. o. G. Brownell sustained
quite severe burn about the face and
neck yesterday morning, from the gas
in one of the hotel stoves. The gas in
the stove had been turned so low that
it had gone out but still escaped suffi
cieutly to fill the stove. Having a
lighted paper in her hand, and not
thinking that there was any gas in the
stove she threw it in with the above
results
Hon j. T. Maffett returned home
Friday evening last, and gentleman
who had the pleasure of converse
tion with him on Saturday, reports his
health and mental condition as greatly
improved, and that he will be able to
assume the duties of Representative iu
Congress at the opening Of the session
on the first Monday in December uD
less some unforeseen misfortune over.
takes him BrookviHe Republican.
Mr.. H. G. Tinker was arrested
| Monday forenoon on warrant sworn
out by Mr.. A. p. Dale before Justice
Connolly, of Franklin. The charge
was obtaining of money under false
pre- tense. The trial was held yesterday
at 10 o'clock, and the Justice held
Mr. Tinker to bail in the sum of
81 900 for his appearance at court the
fourth Monday Of this month. Mr..
Shook, of Franklin, became his sure.
ty.-D Derrick.
IL see by some Of the papers that
there are just clouds of pigeons up in
our county," said a gentleman from
Pigeon, Forest county, to Blizzard
man this morning. "Well, you may
say in the BLizzard that the statement
is away off It's pretty good pigeon
region where | live when there are
any pigeons in the country, and so
far as | know there hasn't been a sin
gle flock of pigeons seen in Forest
county this year. Blizzard
Billy Smearbaugh, Thursday
night, aud George Holeman, Friday
night. of the past week, became the
happy dads of girls. The former
could hardly be expected to set up the
cigars, it being the third consecutive
girl at his house, and about George,
we havn't seen him at this writing to
know what he will do. Yes, aud yes.
terday morning Curt Shawkey com.
menced the cigar act on the advent OF
boy at his domicile.
Oil City received $50 900 scorch.
ing on Thursday evening lust. The
fire broke out in Joseph Reid's ma.
chine shop, which was destroyed, to.
gether with the Enterprise Mill, Cor.
dies spoke factory and the Armory,
F besides considerable dry lumber. Dur
ing the fire Billy Pollock, former
Tiouesta boy, aud member of the
fire department, fell from roof dis
tauce Of twenty feet, breaking one OF
his arms. He pluckily remained ut
his post, however, until the fire was
over.
Mr.. II. S. Brockway, late land
r lord at the Lawrence House, departed
with his family for SpariansbuIg
Crawford county, yesterday, where he
takes charge of the Central Hotel
We commend him to the people o.
that thriving town as a worthy, square
citizen, who will conduct hotel thai
| they may be proud of. The Lawrence
Huuse Of this place is left in gooC
hands, Sheriff Leonard Agnew, an ex
perieuced, courteous and wide awake
hotel man, whose management of tba
popular hostelry will be first class
Success to both gents.
. When Mr.. Ed. Bleakley wen
| west few weeks ago, he Informed hi
friends that his trip was for the pUr
Pose of taking a glance at that couu
try and attending incidentally to I
few matters of business. The natur,
Of the business is revealed by the re
}, ceptiOu Of invitation cards in this city
: for the marriage of Mr.. Beakley t,
{ Miss Bertha Legnard, If Waukegan